Betty Buckley goes on Twitter rant against Randy Jackson and American Idol

One of my favorite artists of all time Betty Buckley just went on a Twitter rant against Randy Jackson and his attitude against "Broadway" on American Idol.

Amazing. I love Betty Buckley so much. She saved my life many years ago with her music. Her version of 'Memory' from Cats is soul stirring.

Read the tweets:

Read the tweets:

OK, I just have to say this: I am sick & tired of Randy Jackson bashing what they think is Bway singing! It's soo ludicrous! I have yet to

see or hear anyone sound remotely like they are a theatre singer on Idol!! And, further, theatrical singing encompasses every kind of sound,

voice & style. He doesn't know what he's talkin' about!! And by these constant disses he is tellin' Amer. kids that Bway is some kind of

inferior art form. Next to jazz, Broadway is the only indigenous Amer. art form & with respect, "Dog", your opinion is whack & uninformed!

I mean, I respect Randy Jackson & everyone certainly has their own likes & dislikes, but THIS constant diss of "Bway" sounding, to his ear,

singers is just so ignorant & stupid that I literally cannot comprehend the producers allowing such mendacity in his remarks! Beyond idiotic

!!! And when Steven Tyler remarked, "They learn that", I thought I was gonna scream!! All human voices have vibrato in one form or another!

This constant STUPID reference is beneath contempt & I gotta say, too, that all big "rock/pop" shows these days are frickin' THEATRE!

SOOO, Nigel Lithgow & company, in a world that includes an increase in the popularity of musical in general in theatre, film & television

America Idol needs to WAKE UP to the truth, voices are voices, singing is singing in all forms, styles & genres. These categories have

nothing to do with anything. The Record business in general is in big trouble & why for frickin' sake would you the creators of "Idol" risk

losing & demeaning any well intended audience. You respond to a singer because you hear their soul or you do not! ENOUGH!! I'VE HAD IT!!

O, while I'm at it. The use of melisma comes outa African American church & made most popular by Mariah Carey & comp. but mindless use of

melisma does NOT a great singer make if it is random & without a true emotional intiation! I've really had it, people! Someone tell Lithgow!

Thanks for the "Amens", Tweeties & Dopeys. Spread the word, please. Do not let these poor kids be so propaganized by a pop bass player with

some pop recording success be the arbiter of what constitutes a supposed "good" singer! ENOUGH!! Aaaand...."world peace". ; )

Oh, & one more thing: Broadway is a place, not a style. At one time, in early days of classic Bway, Rodgers, Hamerstein, Hart, Lerner & Loew

Gershwin, Tin Pan Alley & company one could say there was a style, a consistency in construct. But not any more. All kinds of composers

and singers and styles on Broadway. And that's been true since the 60's. I would venture to say that the "Dog" & powers that be don't get

much. Write them, people, & tell them how absolute off frickin' base this is! x

Thanks for all of your responses to my upset over the "Dog's" comments. Have a great night, Tweeties & Dopeys! x

Then Nigel Lythgoe responds:

@BettyBuckley I don't believe I have ever dissed Broadway either in IDOL or SYTYCD. As far as I am concerned it is a Mecca for talent.

To which Betty responds:

@dizzyfeet Thank you, Nigel. I'm addressing Randy Jackson's need to call singers he doesn't respond to "Broadway". As the producer, I would

@dizzyfeet think Jackson's comments about vibratos he doesn't like or singers he doesn't like as categorically Bway ignorant & inappropriate

@dizzyfeet I am a huge fan of SYTYCD & Idol. Have watched from the beginning. Your shows are gifts to the arts & allow so many talented

@dizzyfeet young people, singers, dancers & choreographers great opportunity! I am addressing one point-Jackson's need to categorically diss

@dizzyfeet "Broadway". It is a place. Musical Theatre as a form encompasses many styles & a wide variety of individual voices. Also the form

@dizzyfeet of Musical Theatre is a form currently in vogue in television, film & certainly all great Pop/Rock concerts are hugely theatrical

@dizzyfeet Please understand I am saying all of this with respect to you, your shows & the joy they give to us. Mus. Theatre=an indigenous

Then Nigel:

@BettyBuckley I totally understand your point. The problem goes beyond Randy. ' Broadway' has been adopted as a style of singing and dancing

Then Betty:

@dizzyfeet American Art Form encompassing all kinds of talent, voices & styles. It is not a form to be demeaned when Randy Jackson respond

@dizzyfeet to a singer. It is not a "style". On any given night in any given theatre, the shows, the voices, the music is widely variable.

@dizzyfeet I so appreciate all you have brought to television. I'm a huge fan. The singers Randy doesn't like wouldn't work on Bway either.

@dizzyfeet You are a man who is bringing dance in all forms to our culture. You have done more for the art of dance that any impresario in

@dizzyfeet many, many years. You have brought respect, love & reverence & true knowledge to the art forms of song & dance. That education

Then Nigel:

I guess in the UK we we would call it a "show" voice. I agree GaGa, Freddie Mercury great show voices. You, Chenoweth, Katherine McPhee.

Then Betty:

@dizzyfeet for audiences is priceless. Please ask Randy to correct his statements. It really is very insulting to the form of Mus. Theatre &

@dizzyfeet most importantly is educating so many young people to think of "Broadway" as inferior & uncool. Thank you for your kind comment.

@dizzyfeet I so appreciate being included in your list of "show" voices. And I ask you to consider that many of the greatest singers now &

@dizzyfeet in the past have/had the kind of expressive quality, Randy categorically by his comments disses. Thanks for the conversation. x

@dizzyfeet The voices Jackson doesn't like are NOT Bway or Show, they are not connected voices. He doesn't respond to voices without heart

@dizzyfeet & soul--"show", "pop" or otherwise. Thanks again.

Then Nigel:

@BettyBuckley thank you I will certainly speak with Randy. I had the pleasure of seeing your outstanding performances in "Cats" and "Pippin"

Then Betty:

@dizzyfeet Thank you again, Nigel. I'm so glad that you're aware of my work. I've done 9 pieces of Mus. Theat. on Bway & been privileged to

@dizzyfeet work with some of the greates voices, actors, dancers, composers, directors, choreographers & producers in the business. It is a

@dizzyfeet widely varied place. I've also done two long running shows in London. The voices on Bway & in the West End are as widely varied

@dizzyfeet as the "stars in the sky". Thanks again for all you've done! x